This dark tale is fairly typical of many told in Mozambique. Starkly illustrated with red, black, and white, this cautionary tale emphasises how important it is to live in community with others, and shows the terrible consequences of not doing so.
This book is also available on the African Storybook website.
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If you look at the English book’s information, you can see all the other languages it has been translated into under “Translations and Adaptations”.
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The Man Who Lived Alone